A new Bureau for the Commission

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has
a new Bureau, elected on 22 October 2013, during the 54th Ordinary
Session which is currently underway in Banjul, The Gambia.

The new Chairperson is Honorable Commissioner KAYITESI,
Zainabo Sylvie; and the new Vice-Chairperson is Honorable Commissioner Mohamed
Béchir Khalfallah.

Honorable Commissioner KAYITESI Zainabo Sylvie had
been the Vice Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’
Rights for the past 2 years. She was a
former Minister in the Republic of Rwanda, she chaired the National Human
Rights Institution in her native country of Rwanda for 8 years; and she is currently
the Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of Rwanda.

The Vice-Chairperson, honorable Commissioner Mohamed
Béchir Khalfallah, had been a Senator in the Republic of Tunisia, representing
Tunisian Diaspora from Europe, until recently. He had also been the Chairperson
of League Africaine des droits de l’homme
for a very long time.